Meteors: Crash Course Astronomy #23

[@Alverant]

Meteors are nature's way of saying "How's that space program coming along?" Author unknown.

[@LittleSolarSystemOfficial]

***** Author=Dinosaurs

[@FROPDESAI]

LittleSolarSystem Too soon...

[@JPQFilms]

Tanishq Desai relatively too soon

[@TheHelghast1138]

Underated comment

[@FriedrichHerschel]

There's an even better way to piss off astronomers: "hey, can you do a horoscope for me?"

[@mh1ultramarine]

Looked up into the sky and got blinded by street lamp, instructions not clear enough.

[@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174]

Both funny and extremely depressing.

[@robinchesterfield42]

Looked up into the sky and saw: Streetlights and clouds. Instructions clear but not followable right now. :\

[@garymingy8671]

More tinfoil!

[@HexerPsy]

Love how Phil teaches you how to piss off astronomers XD "What's your sign?" Genius! XD

[@TheHelghast1138]

Haha! I love that part!

[@arnavjain7566]

I don't understand that! Can someone explain me how that can piss an astronomer!

[@FrostDirt]

@@arnavjain7566 By sign they mean horoscope sign, which is an attribute to astrology, not astronomy. People sometimes confuse this.

[@docopoper]

The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn't have Bruce Willis in their space program.

[@davidfrank693]

A tragic oversight.

[@TheHelghast1138]

Probably due to budget cuts

[@PK1312]

Every meteor website looks like it was designed in the 90's

[@biohazard429]

Ok, so now whenever I'm going on a car trip, I'm gonna say, "let's haul mass!"

[@TheMrMeff]

Scientist - "let's crash a space probe into it" American - "Nuke it"

[@malachiq7357]

TheMrMeff and american scientists want a nuclear space probe?

[@SapphireCrook]

TheMrMeff Well, America does have a lot of nukes lying around in Europe. Might as well free up that space for new models.

[@JROwensPhotos]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Why not? It worked for Voyager, Galileo, Cassini....

[@Monochromicornicopia]

TheMrMeff No scientist is considering *crashing* a space probe as a possibility. Instead, the space probe would attach itself to the meteor and alter its trajectory.

[@JROwensPhotos]

Monochromicornicopia Deep Impact? On the very 4th of July, 2005? Not to alter its trajectory, but still.

[@jaedogg7836]

This is gonna get lost here but i love how this channel is dedicated to education and sharing information. Really awesome

[@spanqueluv9er]

JaeDogg 🙄🙄🙄

[@TheHelghast1138]

Indeed!!

[@Quixotic1018]

If one's headed towards us, won't a team of oil riggers led by Bruce Willis blow it up in impractically stylistic fashion?

[@rangarolls6018]

No, Chuck Norris will tell it to go back to the asteroid belt and be a good meteoroid.

[@MarkusPresson]

Aconserva jones damn right.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Quixotic1018 Only if NASA can afford to license Aerosmith songs.

[@LetsTakeWalk]

Quixotic1018 Yeah, but we would loose Bruce Willis in the process. That's just too high a cost.

[@dragonfighter256]

With the DART mission, we have now tested our ability to redirect meteors and asteroids

[@bhavikdaya4001]

I wish Crash Course would release an illustrated book for each completed course.

[@robinchesterfield42]

Oh, my god, I would buy the hell out of that. It would be so adorable, as well as educational!

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

i found a small iron meteorite last summer.....about the size of a prescription bottle's lid....and when i found it, i was like a little kid on Christmas!! it looks very different to the hematite we have locally. i sat here with it in my hand watching this vid, like a child. the thought of holding something so amazing is near spiritual for me.

[@roqueadeleon]

This is silly but I didn’t realize shooting stars were actually particles entering our atmosphere...😱 so cool 👍💫

[@mordirit8727]

- So, you collect rocks? - Jesus Marie, they are meteorites!

[@willyyonathan2062]

minerals

[@jr52990]

haha "hauling mass" As an Engineer Student this joke makes me happy. :)

[@brokensoap1717]

Hey Phil what's your sign?

[@mileenaandscorpionfan4110]

Νίκος Μοαβίνης ... he said tick off an ASTRONOMER! (Idiot...)

[@lucasng4712]

He is an ASTRONOMER(Idiot...)

[@DjMoelder]

yup mr scorpion fan, he is an astronomer. bet some smartass's feeling dumb now hm?

[@mileenaandscorpionfan4110]

DjMoelder please shut up or I will report you and every KZbinr you love, unless I like them too.

[@spaceymcnutz4216]

Mileena and Scorpion Fan he is obviously joking.What your problem with a joke?

[@DarkDennis1961]

Cambot, Gypsy, Crooooooooooow

[@a2gomes]

I don't know if you are going to read this Phil, but anyways I would like to thank you very much for this series. You managed to make astronomy more interesting to the masses, and you did it by not making it too hard to understand. I am a civil engineer and I love astronomy,physics and math. So I felt very happy to see this, and I hope we have more episodes of Crash Course Astronomy. (also recomended to some friends interested in astronomy to watch this ASAP!) A big fan of yours, André Gomes

[@MicroBlogganism]

While I very much like the quote, it's not technically true, since we still have dinosaurs today in the form of birds.

[@tenaciousdean6179]

***** They must have a space program

[@WWZenaDo]

***** Oh, puh-lease! The relation between birds & bird-hipped dinosaurs is much closer than that between primitive bacteria & humans - well, in most cases...

[@Tomyb15]

***** the thing is that ***** is actually right. Birds are technically dinosaurs so they technically did not evolve from them (I'm not saying birds didn't evolve from some of the species we normally call dinosaurs). They are dinosaurs by definition, or taxonomy :P

[@malachiq7357]

***** they are descendants of dinosaurs, but are only classed as a subgroup of dinosaurs, not the 'real thing'.

[@Tomyb15]

+ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤdinosaurs were not a species. They were part of the clade dinosauria, making them dinosaurs. A clade is just a common ancestor an all of its descendants. This makes birds dinosaurs since they descend from some of the species of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago. www.pnas.org/content/109/7/2428/F4.expansion.html

[@WilliamJakespeareProps]

AH! love the mst3k reference!

[@solstice4485]

I wish you talked about the Tunguska event. No, not the one resulting in the spread of an alien black oil.

[@MWTravesty]

YAAAAS!!!! MST3K REFERENCE!! YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY MY FAVORITE PERSON!!

[@mh1ultramarine]

If KSP tells us anything, it's that all you have to do stop the meteor from crashing on earth is to put a giant rocket on the meteor to shove it away.

[@aspiringscientificjournali1505]

Michael Hughes if ksp taught me anything its drag astroids toward your planet

[@hiei82]

"up to 70km/sec or more" Darn it CrashCourse! That's literally every velocity : p

[@Redmoonblade]

Not as ticked off as when i shout "pluto is a planet!" while running through the room.

[@kingofprussia17]

We need to go into space and mine those asteroids. Here in the US, we can pay off our debt if we just mine two one mile long asteroids. This has a great economic impact but also one of security, we would have to worry about one becoming a meteor and smacking the planet if we just mine it into none-existence up in space.

[@joshhooper4147]

That would make the economy worse. Flood the market with RARE materials. That's the only reason they are expensive is because they are RARE. Gold would be the same price as tin. lol

[@PressEnter42]

Josh Hooper they would still be useful. Gold and other rare earth metals are used for all kinds of technologies. If we could get them from space instead of destroying our planet then I'd be all for it

[@Qermaq]

Josh Hooper However, if we had a steady supply of these materials, we'd simply redefine the economy. There's still S&D.

[@nathanfolkes8119]

kingofprussia17 bigger problem is the outer space treaty meaning nobody can actually OWN anything in space and that " the exploration of outer space shall be done to benefit all countries" which this doesnt do. The treaty explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, claiming that they are the common heritage of mankind.

[@qwertylool4293]

USA DE-RATIFY THE D**N TREATY

[@alfredomarquez1916]

For the record; Phil is a Libra.

[@davidfrank693]

Spicy

[@AstroCook]

Yes! MST3K reference bomb!

[@charanm.h1767]

"I LOVE ASTRONOMY " -PHIL PHLAIT WHO LOVE😍😍ASTRONOMY LIKE ME AND HIM???? 👍 👇AND I REALLY LOVE THE INTRO BGM I WANT THAT

[@hlynna]

A few non-astronomy reasons I love Phil: 1) he references MST3K. 2) He calls it the doobly-doo. 3) He quotes Larry Niven. :D

[@DataCab1e]

Oh lordy... now they've got Phil saying "doobly-doo."

[@asfsdfafasfasdfasdfasdfasdf]

Whoever is responsible for the mst3k reference deserves 3000 high fives. Nicely done, whoever you are, nicely done.

[@TheMathMog93]

Very nice video! Me and my brother actually had a discussion about a year ago, while stargazing during a meteor shower. We both saw a ghostly streak after one of the bigger meteors, and wondered if it was either debris/dust or if it was just an afterglow in our eyes. Glad to get some of that clarified! :)

[@gamingnavi]

I love how I’m learning more about astronomy from this guy in 11 minutes than my college professor in 50 minutes

[@DuranmanX]

What happens when a meteor hits Earth and drains the lifestream?

[@takatathien]

We'll get psychotic emo hot boys that run around killing people looking for their Mother.

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

But don't worry! They'll be stopped by a young adult who suffered extreme trauma and for awhile thought he was a completely different young adult. When they call forth Holy, summoned by a cute girl who is now all kinds of dead. Also along for the ride we have Mr T, Ninja Girl, Evil Robot Cat(tm), Mr Tea (shut up and drink it, damn it), Morgan Freebobcat, Emo Git, and Tits McGee ...it's a long story

[@takatathien]

But then the hot boy turned out to be the host of another stronger, hotter boy who swing around his very long sword against the young adult with his big sword as they talk about their past. Then the young adult get fed up with the hot boy and be like "disappear to where you belong, in my memory" while dumping him after a flashy break up.

[@weaselwolf]

You get a like just for the MST3K reference alone ;-)

[@davidk1308]

You *HAVE* to do videos about the history and future of spaceflight please! (And also a possible video about possible past missions that could've happened, like NASA's 1980s Mars missions.)

[@culwin]

0:26 Cambot? Who do you think you are, Joel?

[@Smartaleckcomedy]

"Best way to tick off an astronomer, as them hey what's your sign?" --- OMG this is both hilarious AND true!

[@laurenprice2400]

Thanks so much for making these! My astronomy professor at college has us watch these along with his lectures and I understand everything so much better after watching them

[@deborahdean]

Anyone who quotes Larry Niven is okay with me.

[@ExhaustedElox]

I've been rewatching the MST3K catalog this week since I'm between jobs for the first time in over a decade. That line before the opening hit me right in the feels. Thanks, Phil.

[@Giarcnek]

Back in AZ, I have a 9-pound meteorite. It is about the size of a softball. Its mostly made of iron. I'm bummed out I forgot it there. Some day I hope to go back and get it.

[@jonnomonodesu]

Mentioned Larry Niven; automatic thumbs up for referencing the co-author of Lucifer's Hammer.

[@joshbobst1629]

I was sure Phil was going to say the easiest way to tick off an astronomer is to ask him about Pluto's planetary status.

[@Pyrex92]

Hauling Mass! Lol

[@awesomeduck7022]

Yeah that doesn't make sense

[@JohnLumagui]

"Can we get this on Still Store, Cambot?" MST3K reference at the beginning. Phil Plait is my hero.

[@grofrasauq]

"Hey, what's your sign?" Infuriating.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

really helpful, thank you!

[@ImEvan]

New favorite phrase: "Hauling Mass"

[@Xenro66]

Hauling mass.... Took me a second to realise you didn't say "ass" XD

There's a Magic the Gathering card named Meteorite. The art shows it already on the ground. Sooo, it's accurate! I'm happily surprised.

[@ckellingc]

Love the MST3K shout out. Now we just need to check Rocket number 9.

[@MashuClips]

It's sad I can't really see them because of where I live. The sky is too bright even at night. I barely get to see the stars and planets with my telescope.

[@et9120]

Interesting watching this and hearing that we are helpless to the universe. Now in 2022 we successfully changed the period of an asteroid orbiting another asteroid with the DART program. We can fight back!

[@StellarJoe]

"Cambot, can we get this up on still store?" My heart grew three sizes today.

[@davidpalozzolo6940]

lol, I love how things are named in astronomy "oh it's a meteorite that's comprised of stone, lets call them Stoney meteorites!"

[@Erik-co6of]

07:04, what about the Tunguska event?

[@ryanhollist3950]

I'm totally geeking out over your use of an MST3K reference.

[@MichaelHaskin]

Any tips/thoughts on meteorite hunting? I'm talking about when you hike through the desert and find a verrry unique rock that turns out to be not of this world, not the flying to and mining gold/iron/water from them in space.

[@LittleSolarSystemOfficial]

Mandlize I want to know this too!

[@DeadPyro96]

Mandlize I guess that comes down to luck. But everytime there is a farely bright meteor spotted, there is a search for a possible meteorite. Just about 2 months ago, there was a very bright bolite going (visible in daylight) and there was a huge search for it. After few days they found this tiny (about 1 cm in size) rock.

[@sammycampione9388]

Hey Phil, I'm really curious......what's your sign? :p

[@saeklin]

See, I thought I knew everything worthwhile about comets and asteroids, but I never thought to look up what caused meteor showers. Cool.

[@stevenm9813]

Ha-ha when he said meteors travel in packs, I'll I could think was tunnel snakes rule!!

[@bridgetown1966]

thought i couldn't love crash course any more and then: mst3k reference

[@coffeepot3123]

Could a big enough meteorite kill off fish and other sea lifeforms that we depend on if it happens to hit somewhere in the great ocean? The shock-wave i reckon would be devastating even under water.

[@Eldorado1239]

Here's an emergency plan if such meteor comes and we are still unprepared: Step 1: Open the door Step 2: Get on the floor Step 3: Everybody goes the way of dinosaur

[@teedjay91]

oh! Hi Bill Bob and Jeb :)

[@coffeepot3123]

This video brightened my day. Get it? brighten. .... I find my own way out. :c

[@benjaminrobinson7203]

Hey, hey Phil... What's your sign?

[@lilyq2302]

we have links to some in the doudly doo lol, love this series

[@hanaszabo1312]

Up to 70 km/sec or more? That's every speed imaginable!

[@scythedd7]

"Cambot, can we get that one still store?" love the subtle MST3K reference.

[@TheFireflyGrave]

MST3K reference identified.

[@Fenriswaffle]

+TheFireflyGrave I was hoping to see someone else who caught that.

[@bunnyluve]

+TheFireflyGrave You mean "Doobily doo?"

[@midi1054]

Was the Cambot line an MST3K reference?

[@Beryllahawk]

Woo! Larry Niven mentioned in this! Excitement and fangirling :D Very nicely done! Thanks Phil!

[@DrSpaceman42]

hey, what's your sign?

[@Timmie1995]

I recently saw a shooting star in Spain. It was very bright, and so impressive.

[@ThatAnnoyingBird]

0:29 I never thought I'd see a MST3K reference on this channel. Well done. I officially love it even more now.

[@fadedflage]

Mst3k reference and Kerbals, cool

[@josephellis65]

I watch the eclipse last night,it was awesome.really cool :)

[@patrickstar7476]

Phil: Don't ask astronomers " Hey whats your sign?" Me: Wearing a Taurus hat, and shirt, while drinking out of a Taurus cup, and snuggling in a Taurus blanket, about to comment asking what his sign is until he said that.......

[@robinchesterfield42]

At my local(ish) planetarium, they have this shiny chunk of rock about two/three adult fists big or so, with a sign saying "This is a metallic meteorite that fell in (place) in (year). See how heavy it is!" and it's attached to this sliding rod thing so you can lift it a bit. Probably lots of planetariums/science museums have something like that, but I still think it's cool that ordinary people can just walk up and touch a chunk of outer space. :)

[@kaiserredgamer8943]

The only way to prove that some dinosaurs survived is to find out if there is a Wernherosaurus or a Braunosaurus xD

[@HeeminGamin]

that's the thing about meteor shower's they're kind of an annual thing...

[@TheCaptain14]

"It's because they're hauling mass....you heard me!" 2:00

[@asterism_s]

Hey, Phil, what is your sign

[@sofiacummings5574]

Is it just me, or do meterorites seem to hit Russia a lot?

[@VaughanMcAlley]

I reckon I saw a bolide above Melbourne some time around 2000, but never knew it had a special name until now.

[@petrasbalsys2667]

Hey Phil, great episode! I just had one question to ask.. What's your sign ?

[@kadewood4132]

click on this 2:02 an you'll see how hilarious this is. XD

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

(his sign is Libra, btw. Now you have absolutely no reason to ask him that just to tick him off)

[@metabeard3788]

Cambot, haha, nice reference

[@Catperson84]

Sephiroth summons Meteor!

[@aditya8163]

I am 14 yrs old and haven't seen a shooting star. I live in India(Rajasthan), can someone tell me when can I see one.

[@ptxaholic]

Thank you for these lessons! I appreciate the fact that I know more about things I've always known about. 💖 Is a marriage proposal out of line? Sorry I'm a sucker for brains and astronomy ;)

[@badastronomy]

Sara H My wife might have an opinion on that, even if the Supreme Court does eventually make that legal. :)

[@ptxaholic]

Good enough! Lol

[@rowni]

I CANNOT wait until New Horizon passes Pluto & its moons in a couple more days so you guys can make their very own video about it! ♥ Super excited!

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

I really wonder who would downvote a video like this. It's so weird. Almost anything else I can understand, but educational, non-annoying videos like these?

[@AngelTerri]

I saw a 'shooting star' years ago while I stood outside my house. It was awesome.

[@ScottRutter]

Cambot still store!